India captain Rohit Sharma has announced his retirement from Test cricket on Wednesday.

“Hello everyone! I would just like to share that I am retiring from Test cricket. It has been an absolue honour to represent my country in whites. Thank you for all the love and support through the years. I will continue to represent India in ODI format,” Rohit Sharma posted in a story on Instagram.

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His final Test match was the fourth Test against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which India lost as well. He was dropped for the fifth match as India conceded the series 1-3. He finished his Test career with 4,301 runs from 116 innings which came at an average of 40.57, including 12 centuries and 18 fifties as well.

Rohit Sharma had a poor show in 2024 when he averaged only 10.93 in 15 innings across eight Test matches – the lowest for any top-seven batter with playing a minimum of 15 innings in the 2024-25 Test season as well. Moreover, he managed single-digit scores in 10 of those 15 innings, which was the highest count for a top-seven batter in a season as well.

However, Rohit Sharma led India in 24 Tests, winning 12 and losing 9 so far. In June 2024, he had announced his retirement from T20Is after India beat South Africa by seven runs in the 2024 T20 World Cup final as well.